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Ahnaf Ibn Qais's avatar

Congratulations Pater on the 6,000+ Subscriber Milestone! 😘

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Malenkiy Scot's avatar

All those words just to show off the 6K ;)

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Fabius Minarchus's avatar

ROTFL!

So true.

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CARLOS 10019's avatar

Ditto!

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William M Briggs's avatar

I did listen, but it's happening anyway.

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Tizona Aquilonia (Shadow T)'s avatar

We also never turned away from the warnings and not once did we ever believe Them, and yet the grave is our future anyway.

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Dave's avatar

Some will die in their beds, though. Others, in a ditch.

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Dave's avatar

...As long as most of it doesn't happen to you, and especially not because of things you did/didn't do, then that's the best you get. Oh well!

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Spaceman Spiff's avatar

I subscribed to you, Briggs, and I thought that would stop it happening 😵

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William M Briggs's avatar

Me too.

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certifiably Roger W. Former's avatar

What is Amaranth, what is Twitch and why I'm so old?

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JP Spatzier's avatar

Ditto .. I don’t know half these things

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Billionaire Psycho's avatar

An online prostitute, be proud you don't know who she is. She's a redhead with large breasts

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JP Spatzier's avatar

Oh look. The Twitter 💩💩 showed up on substack

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Billionaire Psycho's avatar

Who are you?

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Billionaire Psycho's avatar

Can't please everyone, I suppose. My most recent Substack has 5,000 views, the most popular has more than 28,000, so clearly a few people have enjoyed reading my work.

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Viddao's avatar

You literally cannot please everyone; it is an iron law of leadership. Anyone who has actually led anything, whether in Church or in business, knows this to be true.

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Billionaire Psycho's avatar

For the crime of SIMPing, you have been sentenced to corporal punishment: 50 lashes!

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certifiably Roger W. Former's avatar

It's not that I'm old, it's that everything is a deja vu all over again!

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JP Spatzier's avatar

I’m just old 🤣

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Hans G. Schantz's avatar

How are the rest of us ever going to win at the game of right-wing Substacking when all the secrets of success are hung on the Tree of Woe for all to comtemplate?

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JD Sauvage's avatar

There's nothing you can do.

But also spring follows winter.

So relax and enjoy it.

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Spaceman Spiff's avatar

Not if it's a nuclear winter. Then it is death.

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JD Sauvage's avatar

Luckily, NW is fake.

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Fukitol's avatar

You're one of those magicians who likes to reveal his secrets. I get it.

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Billionaire Psycho's avatar

kek

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Odinyrus of Baravia's avatar

There is glorious beauty in the tragic hilarity of this essay. Well done.

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The Phoenix's avatar

Excellent post 😂

The tone leaves me unsure of the intention but that’s why I like it so much.

Another good blackpill counter is …

“There will be fire.

It will hurt.

But at least you’ll wake up.”

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Teleros's avatar

Be right back, I just have to start a new blog here decrying Tree of Woe as an enemy infiltrator and ticket-taker. Don't worry, I'll be sure to share it frequently in the comments here for maximum click- I mean, for maximum outr- I mean, to reach as wide an audience as possible, and save the readers here from this blackpilling psyop. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and Patreon.

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Tamsin's avatar

Back when the internet was young, libertarian blogger Glenn Harlan Reynolds would ofter instant punditry on a news item by saying "what cannot go on forever will stop"; today I find out he was quoting economist Herbert Stein: "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”

Doomblogging can go on forever in the same manner.

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Tree of Woe's avatar

Indeed. The problem is that the stopping point is rather awful!

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Viddao's avatar

Does that mean that if something cannot be stopped, it will go on forever?

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Tamsin's avatar

If something will not stop, it can go on forever. I'd say: Leftism will not stop as it is a natural human phenomenon. We will forever be reacting to it.

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Tantalus of Rivia's avatar

The essay is great, but the title is wrong. Should be something along the lines of "This one weird trick gets you 6k subscribers!"

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Tree of Woe's avatar

I feel like I have failed at Clickbait 101

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Tantalus of Rivia's avatar

The essay is great, but the title is wrong. Should be something along the lines of "This one weird trick gets you 6k subscribers!"

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Jonathon's avatar

Congratulations on hitting 6K! Seems like you’re doomed to hit 10K before long!

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Tree of Woe's avatar

I can only hope to achieve such nihilistic heights!

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BigOinSeattle's avatar

Michael Snyder (no disrespect intended) is my favorite Doomblogger. Pretty much every day there is something about a crazy new virus, or the cities overwhelmed by crime, or another sign of the apocalypse, out of control degeneracy, or impending nuclear war or environmental catastrophe. While there is always a grain of truth in what he writes, the constant doom and gloom mostly appeals to the apocalyptic mind set. It is therefore entertaining to read the comments, but not so much the blog posts.

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Tree of Woe's avatar

No disrespect taken. I'm ultimately just an amateur. For him it's a full time job! :-)

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Corvinus's avatar

Rejoice, for the end is nigh once more.

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Viddao's avatar

The end has been nigh for a long time.

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